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News Release from: Pregis Corporation
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 February 2006
New MD to build on Jiffy's continuing
success.
Cheshire-based Pregis, formerly Pactiv, manufacturers of the famous Jiffy bag have recently announced the appointment of a new Managing Director.
43 year-old Glenn Pennycook from Toronto in Canada, officially took over the reins as MD of Pregis subsidiary, Jiffy in January 2006 The company is already a household name and the UK's number one brand for protective mailing bags
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 30 Jun 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Moreover, the business is performing well with buoyant sales and an excellent reputation both amongst consumers and the trade.
Pennycook sees his role as building on this success and leading Jiffy forward to take on the business challenges of a competitive and growing market.
His intention is to make the company a very customer-focused organisation, with a sales culture that is focused on maximising margin for the business.
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He says, "I will be throwing myself entirely behind two initiatives over the next 12-18 months: Sales Excellence and Enterprise Efficiency".
"These are our two key initiatives that must deliver the expected level of business enhancement".
"" Embedded in both of these initiatives are a number of key tasks and projects that Pennycook will be laying out in more detail over the coming weeks.
The new MD recognises that this will be a major change initiative for the whole company, and will require an unprecedented level of leadership over the coming months.
Born in Toronto, Pennycook has lived for most of his working life in various locations throughout the United States.
He joined Pactiv in March 2001 as Director of Technology for Protective Packaging North America, and was responsible for capital programmes, process improvement initiatives and product development for the North American organisation.
In January 2003, he was appointed Director of Productivity Improvement for Pactiv Europe with responsibility for implementing the Manufacturing Excellence programme across all of the European businesses.
Ten months later, Pennycook took on the role of Director of Operations with responsibility for all the protective packaging divisions throughout Europe.
In March 2005, he was appointed Managing Director for Western Europe with full PandL responsibility for the Western Europe business, before taking over the helm at Jiffy Packaging in January 2006.
Pennycook and his family will be relocating to the UK early in 2006.
This will be the ninth move for the family over the past 15 years, so they have plenty of experience of getting used to a new environment.
He says, "My family are excited about living in another new culture, making new friends and of course enjoying the fine weather that North West England has to offer." All in all, Pennycook has a clear view of the challenges facing the company and has very strong ideas of how he will lead the company in meeting them.
But really, somebody should tell him about the weather in the North West!.
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